ambivalence
1 synonym for ambivalence, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — The coexistence of opposing attitudes or feelings (such as love and hate) towards a person, object or idea.
Synonyms
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ambivalency
Etymology
Borrowed from German Ambivalenz (“simultaneous conflicting feelings”), from Latin ambi- (“both”) and valentia (“strength”), from the verb valere (“to be strong”) (see valiant); spelled on the model of French-origin words ending in -ence. The German term was coined by Swiss psychiatrist Eugen Bleuler in 1910; by 1929, i...
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